【大纪元1月18日讯】(大纪元记者卓静芝加哥报道)二零零八年一月九日，芝加哥市议会及芝加哥市长共同通过决议，褒奖即将在一月二十五日和二十六日在芝加哥上演的由神韵艺术团带来的“新唐人全球华人新年晚会”。
芝加哥市议会的褒奖中不仅赞誉了中国善良、正直、礼义、智慧和忠诚等优秀的传统道德，更是赞誉了以“神话与传说”为主题的全球华人新年晚会呈现了纯粹的、没有共产党文化影响的正统中华文化，重现和复兴了丢失已久的中国文化瑰宝；并且“全球华人新年晚会为东西方跨文化交流提供了一个多彩的舞台，并成为联结所有对中国文化感兴趣的人们的纽带”。
据悉，这是第三次“新唐人全球华人新年晚会”带给美中地区的中西方观众们的顶级艺术演出，与往年不同的是，全球华人新年晚会还将同时在密西根州的底特律，明尼苏达州的首府上演，详情请查看：
神韵艺术团2008年将芝加哥地区演出3场，请您千万不要错过。
时间：2008年1月25日星期五，8：00PM
2008年1月26日星期六，2：00PM 和 7：00PM
地点:芝加哥Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place
订票热线：312-225-5120，312-808-9469
网址: www.BestChineseShows.com。
以下为市议会褒奖全文：
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing Committee in Chicago will
celebrate their 3rd annual Chinese New Year Celebration in January, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the Chinese New Year is the most colorful and important of China’s fetes
and the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese celebrate their ancient tradition
through family reunion and performing arts; and
WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope is a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitate
cultural communications between the East and the West, and to assist the public in their search for valuable cultural knowledge; and
WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope aims to enrich the lives of the public and to promote
racial harmony through media pluralism and cross cultural understanding; and
WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope has organized the 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular
to perform three live shows here in Chicago on Friday, January 25, and Saturday, January 26, 2008 at Arie Crown Theatre at McCormick Place; and
WHEREAS, the core values of Chinese culture: benevolence, righteousness, propriety,
wisdom, and faithfulness have been discarded in China’s Cultural Revolution; and
WHEREAS, the Spectacular, entitled “Myths and Legends,” presents genuine Chinese
culture without Communist Party culture, showcases a renaissance and reclamation of the
long-lost treasures of China; and
WHEREAS, the Spectacular provides a platform for cross-cultural understanding
between the East and the West, and a unifying event for all people interested in Chinese
culture; and
WHEREAS, renowned international artists will be invited to perform in the same stage; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOVLED, that we, the Major and the members of the City Council of the City
of Chicago gathered here this 9th Day of January in 2008, do hereby extend to the members of the Sound of Hope Organization and the Chinese New Year Spectacular organizing Committee in Chicago our sincerest congratulations and support for the 2008
Chinese New Year Global Spectacular festivities, as well as our best wishes for continued success in all of their endeavors; and
BE IT FURHTER RESOVLED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be made available
to the Sound of Hope Organization and the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing
Committee in Chicago.
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